MOT comparison

Skoda Citigo 1st Gen vs Kia Picanto Mk3

How the Skoda Citigo 1st Gen (2012–2020) and the Kia Picanto Mk3 (JA) (2017–2026) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Skoda Citigo 1st Gen

425,733

MOT tests compared · built 2012–2020

Passes more often in 6 of 9 mileage bands

Kia Picanto Mk3 (JA)

279,912

MOT tests compared · built 2017–2026

Passes more often in 1 of 9 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

Share of MOTs passed first time, at the mileage recorded at the test.

Skoda Citigo 1st Gen Kia Picanto Mk3

Under 10,000 miles 93.5% vs 94.1%

26,925 and 49,682 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 89.7% vs 89.5%

74,726 and 88,154 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 85.9% vs 84.9%

85,534 and 65,254 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 83.3% vs 81.8%

73,568 and 37,701 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 80.8% vs 79.0%

57,655 and 20,130 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 77.8% vs 76.1%

43,015 and 10,232 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 74.6% vs 72.9%

30,379 and 5,075 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 72.1% vs 69.7%

20,520 and 2,470 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 69.1% vs 70.1%

13,411 and 1,214 MOTs

Parts that fail more often

Only differences that hold across at least half of the mileage bands we could compare, and that are far too large to be chance, are listed. How we decide

Skoda Citigo 1st Gen fails more often on

Headlamp

Fails about twice as often as the Kia Picanto Mk3: 2.4% of MOTs against 1.0%.

In 7 of 9 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Rear brakes

Fails about 17 times as often as the Kia Picanto Mk3: 2.3% of MOTs against 0.11%.

In 6 of 9 mileage bands · Braking System
Lambda

Fails over 20 times as often as the Kia Picanto Mk3: 0.99% of MOTs against 0.02%.

In 6 of 9 mileage bands · Exhaust & Emissions

Kia Picanto Mk3 fails more often on

Tyre

Fails about 1.5 times as often as the Skoda Citigo 1st Gen: 6.1% of MOTs against 3.5%.

In 7 of 9 mileage bands · Tyre Wear & Damage
Windscreen washer

Fails about twice as often as the Skoda Citigo 1st Gen: 1.9% of MOTs against 1.0%.

In 7 of 9 mileage bands · Driver's View

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These are differences in real MOT results, not engineering verdicts. Owner mix differs between models (some are more often taxis, first cars or rural cars), which is why every figure compares cars at the same mileage. How we compare cars.

MOT records: DVSA MOT history, which contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See this the other way round.